Curtain-pole and shade supporting bracket



G. D. BRUCE.

CURTAIN POLE AND SHADE SUPPORTING BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. '15. 1919.

1,335,954. Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

hurrah srarns rarnur am n GASTON D. BRUCE OF MIDDLESIBQRO, KENTUCKY.

CUBTAIN-TGLE AND SHADE SU PPOBTIITG BRACKET.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr; 6, 1920,

Application filed November '15 1919. Serial No. 338,305.

1 o (116 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAs'roN D. BRUCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middlesooro, in the county of Bell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole and Shade Supporting Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to curtain and shade holders, and particularly to brackets or like supporting devices arranged to support both a window shade and a curtain pole and curtain.

In many devices of this character that have been put on the market, one of the principal objections to a device of this character is that they are mounted upon the window casing, and as a consequence, the curtain and shade impede the inlet and outlet of air and the admiss on of light at the upper portion of the window unless the window shadefis away up and the curtains drawn apart. Thus, in order to obtain any benefit fronrope'ning the upper sash of a window, it is necessary that the lower sash shall lac-unobstructed by the curtain or shade, thus letting in perhaps more light than is desired or letting the light in at the wrong place.

The. general object of my invention is to overcome this difliculty by providing a shade and curtain holder or bracket which is mounted upon the upper sash itself adjacent the upper end of the upper sash sothat as the upper sash is raised or lowered, the curtain and the shade will move with it, thus permitting, when the upper sash is lowered, the admission of light above the top of the upper sash or the passage of air over the top of the upper sash without necessarily requiring that the curtains shall be spread apart or the shade raised.

A further object of my invention is to provide curtain and shade supporting brackets which, while attached to the window sash, extend out the depth of the window casing and then extend laterally so as to accommodate the full. width of the shade and the full width of the curtain so that the curtain may be disposed outward ofthe window casing in its normal position and the shade may be disposed, in one form of my invention, in its normal position but inward of the shade or inward of the window casin as desired, or, in another formof my invention, inward of the window casing, if desired A further object is to provide brackets of.

this character which do not require adjustment, which are very simple, cheaply made, and may be easily applied.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. p

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a transversehorizontal sectional view of a window casing and the upper sash thereof showing my shade and curtain pole supporting brackets in place thereon,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a modified form of bracket.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the improved curtain brackets comprise a body portion'i-i which is so formed as to be attachedto the upper rail of the upper sash of the window, a laterally extending portion B, and an"outwardly extendingv portion 0. The portion A is designed to engage with the window sash X- and to extend out parallel to the inneriside facev Yof the window casing, while the portion Bfextends laterally parallel to the face 'Z of the window 'casing,,the portion C extending out into the room. In the form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 2, each curtain bracket of a pair is made of wire. This wire is formed to pro vide a straight shank which is screwthreaded, at 11, for insertion in the window casing. The wire is bent laterally,as at12, and then extends outward, as at 13, looped to form the bearingli for the gudgeonof the window shade, then further outwardly extended and .bent downward to form a hook to supportthe curtain pole. After forming the hook, the wire is returned upon itself, as at 16, and extendedrearward par-- allel to and below the portion 13 and then bent upward, as at 17 and looped around the portion 13 and then extended laterally, as at 18. The lateral portions 12 and 18 of the wire are twisted upon each other.' After forming the'laterally extending portion 18,

the wire is extended beneath andjat an angle to the portion 10, as at 19, andthen upwardly bent, as at 20, and bent around and clenched upon the shank 10.

Now when this form of bracket is inserted in the rail of the upper sash X adjacent the upper corner of the sash, by screwing the bracket in place, the portion 20 forms ashoulder bearing against the face of the side rail or upper rail of the upper sash, while theportion 17 will form a shoulder bearing against the face Z of the window casing. Gf course, the other bracket of the pair is of the same construction as the bracket just described. Of course, it will be understood that the loops 14- are formed to engage the usual gudgeons found on the spring: rollers of window shades. The curtain pole is, of course, to be disposed in the hook portion 13.

With this construction it is obvious that the window shade, will be operated in the usual manner and that the curtain will be supported in the usual manner, but that when the upper sash is lowered, the window shade and the curtain will both be lowcred, letting air in or out over the tops of the windowshade and curtain and letting light in above the window shade and curtain.

In some cases it maybe best that the window shades be supported between the jambs of the window casing and in that case I use the modified form'of bracket illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the shank portion 10 is formed with the loop lab to support the window shade, and the remainder of the bracket is constructed as before described.

Idonot wish to be limited to the exact form and construction of the bracket except as detailed in the accompanying claims for the reason that the general objects of my in vention may be attained by a bracket construeted differently from'mine in details. It is obvious, however, that the bracket which I have provided may be cheaply formed from twisted wire, that it may be easily formed by suitable machines and that when'twisted' and bent as described, it will be very rigid. The brackets are intended to be made in a number of different sizes for different sized windows and casings, with different sizes of wire, and having the screw threaded portion 11 of different lengths to suit different sashes. v

Inasmuch, as the curtain supporting bracket which I have illustrated has its curtainpole supporting portion offset with relation to the axis of the shank 10, there would be a tendency of thebracket to turn upon the axis of the shank 10 under the weight of the curtain pole and the shade roller, but in practice this is prevented by the shoulder formed atthe junction of the gudgeon of the shade roller with the body of the shade roller which rests against the portion 16 bracing the brackets so that they cannot rotate. It will be understood that the shoulder I? does not bear againstv the face of the window casing except when strain is applied to the bracket, as in pulling down on the shade, assuming that the spring in the bracket is under rather high tension and it is necessary to exert considerable force to pull the shade downward. As soon, however, as the strain is taken OK the curtain, the bracket tends to spring back again.

I claim V r 1. As an article of manufacture, a window shade and curtain pole supporting bracket, the material of the bracket being formed to provide a screw-threaded shank, then being bent laterally, and then outwardly, the outwardly bent portioir of the material being formed to provide a pole supporting hook, the material of the bracket being then returned upon itself and being engaged with the laterally extended portion of the bracket, then extended rearward and bent to form a sash engaging shoulder and engaged with the said shank.

As an article of manufacture, a window shade and pole supporting bracket formed of wire, bent to provide a screw-threaded shank, then bent laterally, then outwardly,

the outwardly bent portion of the wire being formed to provide a pole supporting hook, the wire then being returned upon itself and having twisted engagement with the laterally extending portion of the wire, then extending rearward at an angle to the first named portion of the wire, and then this last named portion being engaged V with the first named portion.

3. As an article of manufacture, a W11]-' (low shade and pole supporting bracket formed of wire bent to provide a screwthreaded shank, then bent laterally, then outwardly, the outwardly bent portion of the wire being formed to provide a pole supporting hook, the wire being then returned along said hook and beneath and parallel to the first named outwardly extending portion and then being bent upward to engage the wire at the beginning of the outwardly extending portion, then extending laterally and twisted into engagement with the first named laterally extending portion of the wire, and then extending rearward at an angle to the first named portion of the wire, and then being upwardly bent to form a sash rail engaging shoulder, the upper extremity of this last namedfport on being engaged withthe first named portlon. 1

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 

